It also says that Sheriff "stood in the rain from roughly 4:30 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. directing traffic with the rest of his force, a single deputy."
How many of you have stood out in the rain directing traffic? I have.
Bird, i have alot of respect for you, but please go back and read your post.
"The Sheriff stood in the rain directing traffic"..... isn't this what he is PAID to do? Long hours that day? Sure. That means he is allowed to destroy someones home and all their belongings? If the Sheriff was directing traffic, this means traffic WAS negotiating around the incident, either by turning around and finding another route or passing the incident in the oncoming lane. Only one deputy? Does this county have no type of mutual aid agreement ? Since the Sheriff was unable to keep his own temper in check in this non-violent traffic tie-up, could he NOT call in the State Police of local police to take over directing traffic??
Who is at fault for the traffic tie-up? Certainly NOT the home owner who was PAYING someone to move the mobile home. "Pancake" needs to be held accountable for moving this unit without a permit, impeding traffic, and whatever other infractions they can throw at him.
I'm not letting the towing service off the hook either. Follow the link to their site and look at the equipment they boast to have at their disposal. Could this mobil home be moved? I assure you it could. Could it be moved safely in the dark? Maybe not. Did they refuse to move it because they were afraid they may have trouble getting paid? Quite possibly. In any event, there most certainly is another towing service that could be called, perhaps that company might be located further away ..... but so be it. If Roberts refused to move it at the request of law enforcement simply because they thought it may be a challenge to get paid...... then they should be dealt with. Removing them from the list of towing services (even if they are the ONLY towing service) called by the county would be in order. Taking any and all truck wrecks away from them will punish them where it hurts most..... their wallet! Eventually another towing service will pop up in the county as soon as the demand for it justifies someones investment.
Tongue broke off the trailer? Hook the under reach directly to the trailer frame. I've included a few pics i easily found on the internet of large vehicles that are no longer structurally sound being (magically) moved by QUALIFIED towing services. How abouut the box trailer broken in the middle??
I have no respect for the home owner. I don't particularly appreciate ANYONE who makes the decision to mooch off the system for their entire life. Personally, i don't feel i should have to support this type of person. Unfortunately, or "system" feels otherwise, since we have plenty of second and third generation welfare recipients. As far as i know, recieving assistance is NOT illegal. As far as i know being ignorant is not illegal either. If it were, it appears to me the Sheriff should be arrested.
"I know I wouldn't pay somebody $200 to move my house and everything in it," said Garrett, noting that the group didn't have a required permit or escort. Basically, he said, he could have arrested the lot of them: Barton, her brood and the hauler. The charge, he said: "being ignorant."
The Sheriff sounds pretty ignorant to me. If he can't keep his cool directing traffic in the rain,for what amounts to a simple traffic situation, how can we trust him to carry a gun?
Now, i'll admit i HAVEN'T stood in the rain directing traffic. As someone who worked in the towing industry 23 years, i HAVE worked around the clock, at times for nearly three days straight in two foot snow and forty mile per hour winds with little to no sleep more times than i could count. When i was exhausted and encountered someones vehicle abandoned on the side of the road because it was stuck in the snow, could i simply ram it into the ditch so myself and other traffic wouldn't need to negotiate AROUND it ???? I didn't think so That simply is NOT how our society functions (as much as we might wish otherwise at times).
Almost forgot the pics:
